THE 1940's

Please note that this page does not list every British film of the 1940's that features a musical number. There are many minor films, second features and shorts that feature singers and variety acts of the period, which are too numerous to mention!

TITLE	YEAR	MUSICAL STARS	SOUNDTRACK	PRODUCTION COMPANY	DIRECTOR	SONGS BY
Charley's (Big Hearted) Aunt	1940	Arthur Askey	Arthur Askey: Today I Feel so Happy	Gainsborough	Walter Forde
Gasbags	1940	Crazy Gang	78 Decca G-7752 Includes Flanagan and Allen: Whistle While You Work; Yesterday's Dreams* *On CD Spectrum UK: 5442512	Gainsborough	Marcel Varnel	Flanagan and Allen
Let George Do It	1940	George Formby Phyllis Calvert	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3301, MR-3316	Ealing	Marcel Varnel	Formby,Gifford, Cliffe,Latta
The Proud Valley	1940	Paul Robeson	78s:HMV B-9020, HMV B-8668 78 Vic 20793	Ealing/CAPAD	Penrose Tennyson	Felix Mendelssohn and others
Room For Two	1940	Frances Day Vic Oliver	Frances Day:Just For the Fun of It	Hurley/Grand National	Maurice Elvey
Sailors Three (US:Three Cockeyed Sailors)	1940	Tommy Trinder	78 Columbia FB-2531 Tommy Trinder: All over the place; A happy-go-lucky song	Ealing	Walter Forde	Noel Gay
Spare a Copper	1940	George Formby Dorothy Hyson	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3358, MR-3411	Ealing/ATP	John Paddy Carstairs	MacDougal/ Formby/Gifford /Cliffe
Under Your Hat	1940	Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, The Rhythm Brothers, Don Marino Baretto and his Rhumba Music	*Cicely Courtneidge: Keep it under your hat; We can't find the tiger anymore* The Empire depends on you; I won't do the conga* (with Jack Hulbert)*	Grand National/ British Lion	Maurice Elvey
You Will Remember	1940	Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams, Roddy McDowall	Songs include Lily of Laguna "Little Dolly Daydream", "Soldiers of the King"	British Lion	Jack Raymond	Songs by Leslie Stuart
Danny Boy	1941	Ann Todd, Percy Manchester	Percy Manchester sings: The Mountains o'Mourne ; Dear Old Pals	Signet/Butchers	Oswald Mitchell
Gert and Daisy's Weekend	1941	Elsie and Doris Waters	Elsie and Doris Waters: I've Got Sixpence; Goodnight Children, Everywhere; Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major; Won't We Have a Party?; She's a Lily, but only by Name	Butchers	Maclean Rogers
He Found a Star	1941	Vic Oliver Sarah Churchill, Evelyn Dall Joan Greenwood, Uriel Porter, The Kellaways	Uriel Porter sings: Waiting/ Evelyn Dall sings: Costa Rhumba; Salome	GFD (Rank)	John Paddy Carstairs
Hi,Gang!	1941	Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels Vic Oliver Sam Browne, The Green Sisters, Jay Wilbur and his Band		GFD (Rank)	Marcel Varnel
I Thank You	1941	Arthur Askey, Lily Morris	Arthur Askey: Hello to the Sun; Let's Get Hold of Hitler;Half of Everything is Yours	Gainsborough	Marcel Varnel
South American George	1941	George Formby Linden Travers	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3553, MR-3567	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	MacDougal, Lyons, Arthurs, Formby
Turned Out Nice Again	1941	George Formby Peggy Bryan	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3512, MR-3520	Ealing/ATP	Marcel Varnel	MacDougal, Formby/Latta
Asking For Trouble	1942	Max Miller	Max Miller: Mary from the Dairy; Just You and Me; Turn on the Heat	British National	Oswald Mitchell
The Balloon Goes Up	1942	Donald Peers Ethel Revnell, Gracie West	Donald Peers sings: I'll Soon Be Coming Home; Keep Looking for the Rainbow ; You've Gotta Smile	New Realm	Redd Davies
Gert and Daisy Clean Up	1942	Elsie and DorisWaters Uriel Porter	Uriel Porter sings: Coaling/Elsie and DorisWaters: We'll shout horray again;Salvage;Home sweet home again; Little gypsy of the seven seas	Butchers	Maclean Rogers
The Great Mr Handel Technicolor	1942	Wilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth Allan (voice: Gladys Ripley) Trefor Jones		Independent Producers/GHW	Norman Walker	George Frederick Handel (Composer Biopic)
King Arthur was a Gentleman	1942	Arthur Askey Evelyn Dall Anne Shelton Peter Graves	Arthur Askey:You Know What King Arthur Said; Honey on my Mind/Anne Shelton:Why Can't it Happen to me?/Evelyn Dall: "You'll Love the Army","Got A Bee In My Bonnet" "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"	Gainsborough /GFD	Marcel Varnel
Much Too Shy	1942	George Formby Kathleen Harrison, Jimmy Clitheroe, Charles Hawtrey	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3645, MR-3648	Gainsborough	Marcel Varnel	Latta/Formby /Gifford/ Cliffe/Day
We'll Meet Again VHS (USA) at www.movies unlimited.com	1942	Vera Lynn, Geraldo, Patricia Roc	78 Decca Vera Lynn sings: We'll Meet Again; You'll Never Know; Be Like the Kettle and Sing;Yours Sincerely;After the Rain On CD:	Columbia British	Phil Brandon
We'll Smile Again	1942	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Billy Mayerl	78 Decca F-8222 Gwen Catley sings: Waltz of Delight, Tonight You're Mine/Billy Mayerl performs: Marigold/Flanagan and Allen:We'll Smile Again* *On CD *On CD Spectrum UK: 5442512	British National	John Baxter	Flanagan and Allen
Bell Bottom George	1943	George Formby	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3720, MR-3723	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	Park/Harry Parr-Davies/ Box/Cox
Down Melody Lane	1943	Features Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson [excerpt from 'Cock O' the North (1935)], Phyllis Robins, Huston Sisters	see 'Cock O' the North (1935)	New Realm	E. J Fancey?
Get Cracking	1943	George Formby Dinah Sheridan	78 Regal Zonophone MR-3689, MR-3694	Columbia British	Marcel Varnel	Formby/ Latta/Cliffe/ Godfrey
Happidrome	1943	Joss Ambler, Bunty Meadows, Lisa Lee, Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, The Cairoli Brothers	Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson performs: You Are My Love Song ; Take the World Exacly as You Find It 78: Parlophone BD-1040	Aldwych/MGM	Phil Brandon
I'll Walk Beside You	1943	John McHugh, St. David's Singers, London Symphony Orchestra	John McHugh sings: I'll Walk Beside You; Passing By	Butchers	Maclean Rogers
Millions Like Us	1943	Patricia Roc, Bertha Willmott	Bertha Willmott: Just Like the Ivy; Waiting at the Church	Gainsborough/ GFD	Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat
Miss London Limited Film Poster	1943	Arthur Askey Anne Shelton Evelyn Dall Peter Graves Jean Kent Anne Shelton	Evelyn Dall performs: A Fine How Do You Do/ Keep Cool Calm and Collect/Arthur Askey:The Moth;I'm only me/Anne Shelton:You too can have a lovely romance;A fine how do you do?;The 8.50 Choo Choo;If you could only cook Sheet Music cover	Gainsborough	Val Guest	Manning Sherwin(m)/ Val Guest (lyrics) Musical Director: Louis Levy
Playtime for Workers	1943	Kay Cavendish (piano), Bill Smith, Maurice Taylor,Stan Shedden and his Orchestra	Bill Smith:When You and I Were Young Maggie; Annie Laurie; Comin' Through the Rye/ Maurice Taylor: Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie, Home on the Range, United We Stand	Federated	Harold Baim
Rainbow Round the Corner	1943	Billy 'Uke' Scott, Robin Richmond (organist),The Boswell Twins,The Gordon Ray Girls	Billy 'Uke' Scott: Learning to play the Uke, I've got a girl friend, Manhattan Blues, Ragtime Mandarin, A Million little Raindrops, California Here I Come	Berkeley/Premier	Victor M Grover
Rhythm Serenade	1943	Vera Lynn, PeterMurray Hill, Jimmy Jewel, Ben Warriss, Jimmy Clitheroe	78s Decca Vera Lynn sings: The Sunshine of Your Smile;Home Sweet Home Again;I Love to Sing;Bye and Bye; So it Goes On;With All My Heart; It Doesn't Cost a Dime	Columbia British	Gordon Wellesley
Starlight Serenade (Short)	1943	Oscar Rabin Band	Oscar Rabin Band perform: Frenesi; Perfidia; Hawaiian War Chant
Theatre Royal	1943	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jack Melford, George Shearing	78 Decca F-8346 Gwen Catley performs: I Must Be Dreaming, Tell Me Truly/Jack Melford sings: Man About Town/Flanagan and Allen:Roll on Tomorrow; Here's to you, Here's to Me; I'll Always have time for you	British National	John Baxter
They Met in the Dark	1943	James Mason, Phyllis Stanley	Phyllis Stanley sings: Toddle Along	Independent Producers/ Excelsior	Karel Lamac
Variety Jubilee	1943	George Robey, Charles Coburn, Ella Retford	78- Zonophone -6264 ("The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo": Recorded in 1932 by Charles Coburn) Ella Retford sings: Take Me Back to Blighty; Pack Up Your Troubles; Tipperary/ John Rorke:Arf a pint of ale/ Joan Winters: Richmond Hill /Betty Warren:The twi-twi-twilight;Has anybody here seen Kelly?/ Charles Shadwell conducts: Richmond Hill;The Spice of Life	Butchers	Maclean Rogers	Various